Method and apparatus for media data transmission
AssigneeApple Computer, Inc.
InventorsAnne Jones, Jay Geagan, Kevin L. Gong, Alagu Periyannan, David W. Singer
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for processing media data transmitted in a data communication medium. A digital processing system is provided with a time related sequence of media data provided to the digital processing system based on a set of data, wherein the set of data indicates a method to transmit the time related sequence of media data according to a transmission protocol. The set of data, itself, is a time related sequence of data associated with the time related sequence of media data. The time related sequence of media data may be presented and/or stored by the digital processing system.
Claims32
A machine readable medium containing executable program instructions, which when executed on a digital processing system cause the digital processing system to perform a method comprising:
- retrieving at said digital processing system a time related sequence of media data which is received by said digital processing system based on a set of data, wherein said set of data indicates a method to transmit said time related sequence of media data to said digital processing system according to a transmission protocol, and wherein said set of data is a time related sequence of data associated with said time related sequence of media data;
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- presenting at said digital processing system said time related sequence media data.
A machine readable medium accessible by a digital processing system, said machine readable medium comprising:
- a time related sequence of media data associated with a set of data to indicate a method to transmit said time related sequence of media data to said digital processing system according to a transmission protocol, wherein said set of data is a time related sequence of data associated with said time related sequence of media data;
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- a set of instructions to allow said digital processing system to present said time related sequence of media data.
A digital processing system comprising:
- a data communication interface to receive for said digital processing system data packets that represent a time related sequence of media data and which are received by said digital processing system in accordance with information provided by a set of data that indicates a method to transmit said time related sequence of media data as packets according to a transmission protocol, and wherein said set of data is a time related sequence of data associated with said time related sequence of media data;
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- a processor, coupled to said data communication interface, to process said time related sequence of media data.
An apparatus for processing media data, comprising:
- a first means for receiving a time related sequence of media data received by said digital processing system in accordance with a set of data for indicating a method to transmit said time related sequence of media data to said system according to a transmission protocol, wherein said set of data is a time related sequence of data associated with said time related sequence of media data;
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- a second means for processing said time related sequence of media data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.